July Meeting 2021

 

Come to this Tuesday's Meeting and beat the heat!

We have the following lineup: 

Raffles- There will be two raffles this evening and a drawing for our two-month raffle that includes a registration for the Amy Friend workshop, her book Improv Paper Piecing, and an add-a-quarter ruler, a $58 value.  If you win and have already paid for the workshop, your payment will be refunded.

 

Workshop:  Amy Friend virtual workshop: Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Fee is $25. Limit of 20, 10 spots left!

 

Retreat: Sign up for the retreat Oct. 22-24, 2021, at Hazel Dillon Lodge @ Camp Carol Joy Holling.

 

Bring your Cindy Grisdela quilts! We're collecting them for display at Threads Across Nebraska. Also bring your TOM blocks.

 

Reminder:  August 27 – September 6; Deadline for entries is  midnight, August 10. Quilts are to be delivered August 18-19 and picked up  on September 6 and 7. https://statefair.org/.../competitions/competitive-exhibits

 

Would you or a friend be interested in helping to plan our next year? If so, consider running for Secretary or Treasurer. Most of the Board is staying on to help and we'd love to see new faces! Please ask any Board member or the current Secretary or Treasurer (June Pederson or Lora Yardley) for more details. 

 

Program: 

The much anticipated:  Bias Tape, Part 2

 

What we'll do: We'll show you how to make your own bias tape and how to apply it to your quilt. We'll have handouts. 

 

*To bring: 1/2 yard of fabric if you'd like to make your own tape*

 

We'll announce a new challenge and TOM block.

 

 

 

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Meetings: Jul 27, Aug 31, Sep 28 (Amy Friend), Oct 25, Nov 30

 

Sew Days: Sep 11, Nov 13 (in person IQM, odd months)

Workshop: Oct 2 $25 Improvisational Paper Piecing by Amy Friend. Limit 20 people

Retreat: Oct 22-24 Hazel Dillon Lodge @ Camp Carol Joy Holling

Fall Retreat 2021

 

We are so excited to be able to do a retreat this year!!!  Please join us :-)

The Hazel Dillon Lodge is a newly built retreat center just east of Lincoln near Ashland. It has 42 bottom bunks, a large kitchen and a huge space for sewing all day and night. Invite your friends and sew with us! 

 

July Sew Day 2021

 In person Sew Day, IQM! 

C'mon by and get your sew on, meet with members, share techniques!

You can work on your TOM blocks, challenge quilts or personal projects. 

 Remember - you can tour the exhibits - The pivotal Whitney exhibit is at the IQM, "Abstract Design in American Quilts at 50". 

Other exhibits on display include Blue Light: Cyanotype Collage by David Hornung, Diverse Traditions: South Asian Quilts, Abstract Design in American Quilts at 50: Journey to Japan,
Abstract Design in American Quilts at 50: Raising the Profile,
Abstract Design in American Quilts at 50: New York Nexus. 

See more here!

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Meetings: Jul 27, Aug 31, Sep 28 (Amy Friend), Oct 25, Nov 30

 

Sew Days: Jul 10,  Sep 11, Nov 13 (in person IQM, odd months)

Workshop: Oct 2 $25 Improvisational Paper Piecing by Amy Friend. Limit 20 people

Retreat: Oct 22-24 Hazel Dillon Lodge @ Camp Carol Joy Holling

June Meeting 2021 Recap

 

 

 

We did it! Our very first in person meeting since February 2020! Twenty-nine members joined us.

 

Announcements: 

 ·       2021 Retreat:  Oct. 22-24, 2021, at Hazel Dillon Lodge @ Camp Carol Joy Holling. Fee is $150 per person and will include two meals per day plus snacks.  LMQG members and their friends can sign up through August 1, after which registration will be open to Omaha quilters and others.  Forty-one quilters can be accommodated in bottom bunks. The Retreat Committee is Mary Dittenber, Elisa Salas, Sheila Green, Mary Sedlak and Sara Kenny.

·       Amy Friend virtual workshop: Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Fee is $25. Limited to LMQG members wanting to learn about Improv Paper Piecing. Limit of 20 people.  Sign-up sheet available at this meeting.

·         Sew Day:  Saturday, July 10, 2021, 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the IQM.

·         Collecting Cindy Grisdela Challenge quilts to display at the Threads Across Nebraska show, October 8-9, 2021, in Kearney.  Limit of one per person.  They must be labeled and may be left at tonight’s meeting or brought to the meeting July 27, 2021.

·         Covid Quilts: IQM is interested in your Covid Quilts.  Finish it and bring it to the October meeting for a photo.

·         Raffle Quilt: Our Coral and Cream quilt will be raffled at Threads Across Nebraska and continuing through the end of the year.  More details to come.

·        Bees: Our program will include information about how Bees can work and answer questions. If you might be interested, there is a sign-up sheet available at this meeting.

·         Raffle:  There will be two raffles this evening and a two-month raffle beginning at this meeting that includes a registration for the Amy Friend workshop, her book Improv Paper Piecing, and an add-a-quarter ruler, a $58 value.  If you win and have already paid for the workshop, your payment will be refunded.

Program: Liz Thanel with Phyllis Higley, Judy Crockett, Jennifer VanDyke and Kristie Jarchow 

Take a look at these FABULOUS quilts!

Fantastic work!

Technique of the Month: Thin lines

Mary Dittenber demonstrated thin lines techniques. Be sure to practice your blocks and submit one with the Pantone Colors of the Year!

Show and Tell

Bonnie Kucera's Sunrise quilt

And Bonnie's tiny machine piecing quilt

Pat Modrell's Cindy Grisdela challenge quilt

Pat's Sunshine quilt

Debbie Ebke's Paint Chip Challenge quilt

And her Cindy Grisdela Challenge quilt

Diane Wilson's Kawandi quilts

Jean Cotton's completed sampler UFO

Jen VanDyke's Indigo Stars

Jennifer McKitrick's Cindy Grisdela Challenge

Lora Yardley's Cindy Grisdela Challenge

Martha Turners' Flower and Moth Remnant quilts

Nancy Goff's Heartful baby quilt

and her Tools of the Trade bag (Pattern by Annie)

Rosalind Carr's purchased cross-stitch quilt

Sara Maseth's Cindy Grisdela Challenge

Vicky Bedell's Half Square Triangle quilt

And her TOM block

Jennifer VanDyke's bee quilt

Thanks all for joining us! See you next month.

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Meetings: Jul 27, Aug 31, Sep 28 (Amy Friend), Oct 25, Nov 30

 

Sew Days: Jul 10,  Sep 11, Nov 13 (in person IQM, odd months)

Workshop: Oct 2 $25 Improvisational Paper Piecing by Amy Friend. Limit 20 people

Retreat: Oct 22-24 Hazel Dillon Lodge @ Camp Carol Joy Holling